Which language should one first start with ? JAVA or Python ?

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How did you do on codejam?

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I started seriously in April-May though. Before that coding was just a pastime,long story short I didnt seriously start it then XD. Its not a year, its just a few months. :3

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Qualified the qualification round, Was near to qualify for 2nd round too in Round 1A, but wrong file upload…

All in all, didn’t make it to round 2.

Did u participate in codejam?

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No, I didn’t participated in codejam I came to know about codejam 2 months ago lol

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@vijju123 sorry, I didn’t know that please give me your blessing to become a coder like you (ಥـْـِـِـِـْಥ)

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In what field do you want to go? Decide on basis of that. For CP, JAVA is preferable for me over python.

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Man that was really good information thank you so much but I wish you could spell my username right (ಥـْـِـِـِـْಥ)

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@vijju123 you said reading blogs is a good thing. should I read any programming book, did you read any book? If so please recommend

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Wow, Only months, that’s quite good performance to get 5* within a few months @vijju123

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Books: CLRS is always there, but i guess it is too complex (I haven’t read much of it).

I haven’t referred any books much, but geeksforgeeks articles are always good for almost every topic. After that, google helps a lot in finding right codeforces blogs.

PS:There was a user named kunnu123 i guess. Also, check this solution @kunnu120 CodeChef: Practical coding for everyone

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@vijju123 @taran_1407 when you started coding did you guys think you can reach 5 stars for vijju and 6 for taran? Because I don’t think so I can even go to 4

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@taran_1407 I read first 2 pages of CLRS and I was like oh man it’s not for me, It was too complex but in detail though

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I only refer it for certain topics.

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What’s the most common data structure for competitive programming?

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Depends upon the problems. There’s no end to it.

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Refer this.

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Thank you!!

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No problem… :slight_smile:

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I didnt read any book. Blogs do the thing for me. Bt of course, in the end books are your good friend. I find reading from hardcopy a bit better :3. I am looking for that “The Art of Competitive Programming” editions 1-3, but cant find any sadly. It seemed a nice book to me from preview.

CLRS was complex? Really? I thought its quite simplified and hence the thickness exceeding kilometers. If you are struggling in dp, then first practice the standard ones from Geeksforgeeks. That will definitely help :slight_smile:

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This one??